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☕ In Today’s Edition
1. An Durham Bike Lane Explainer
2. Lunch Money: Imbibe Edition
3. A New INDY Series Answering Your Questions
4. From Chadbourn to MAGA Acolyte
Good morning, readers.
I’ve been a full-time bike commuter since 2014 when I sold the only car I’ve ever owned, a beat-up 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and fully embraced life on two wheels. “Cyclist” was not my identity. Bikes were just how I got from point A to point B.
But the streets of Durham radicalized me.
Bike commuting is like a game of Mario Kart where everyone has blue shells and gold stars except you.
Last September, after 11 years of cycling on the streets of Durham, I was t-boned by a driver in the traffic circle at Hope Valley Road and University Drive. The driver never yielded before entering the circle.
I walked away from my brush with death without serious injury, but that’s never a given when bikes and cars clash.
Even my regular commute between Lakewood and the INDY office in downtown Durham is rife with obstacles. Each trip, I weave in and out of the bike lane to avoid cars parked in the lanes, making the two-mile journey unnecessarily stressful for everyone on the road.
So, on the heels of National Bike Month, I decided to look into what the rules actually are when it comes to the Bull City’s bike lanes, what goes into implementing them, and what the data says about bike safety in Durham.
Read more below and have a good Tuesday.
—Justin
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FOOD & DRINK
Cajun Food and Pleasant Chaos at Imbibe
A jar of markers and a $10 shrimp and gumbo lunch combo at the Chapel Hill student staple, by INDY’s Lena Geller.
EDUCATION
Send Us Your Durham Public Schools Questions
In a new series, Ask INDY, we’ll take questions from the community on a topic we cover and our reporters will answer them. First up: Durham Public Schools.
STATE
The Thrill of the Hunt
From The Assembly: Lobbyist Ches McDowell went from bear hunting with Donald Trump Jr. to Mar-a-Lago, and then to a prime perch in Washington. Can he stay at the top of the food chain?
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ICYMI: Chapel Hill High School students walked out of school last week to protest the war in Gaza. INDY’s Lena Geller reports on why they moved their protest to the woods.
IMMIGRATION: Via NC Newsline: The Trump administration has taken down a publicly posted list of so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” that had include Durham, Orange and Chatham counties following backlash from sheriffs.
WAKE COUNTY: The school board is expected to vote tonight on a district-wide cell phone policy for students, WRAL reports.
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